Saturday, April 30, 2011

Agatha Award Winners

It's always so much fun to find out who won the Agatha Awards. I've actually read these books! The Agathas were presented tonight at Malice Domestic. Thanks to Twitter and Criminal Element, I can tell you who won.

Best Novel - Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny. This was Louise's fourth Agatha in a row.

Best Nonfiction - Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks by John Curran

Best Children's/Young Adult - The Other Side of Dark by Sarah Smith

Best First Mystery Novel - The Long Quiche Goodbye by Avery Aames (We'll be celebrating this win on Thursday when Avery appears for Authors @ The Teague. Join us at 2 p.m.!)

Best Short Story - "So Much in Common" by Mary Jane Maffini, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine - Sept./Oct. 2010

They also announced a new category of Agatha Award next year, Best Historical. And, they honored Carole Nelson Douglas as Guest of Honor, and presented Janet Rudolph of Mystery Readers' International with the Poirot Award.

About Me

I have been a library manager/administrator for over 30 years, in Ohio, Florida, Arizona, and, now, Indiana. Winner of the 2011 Arizona Library Association Outstanding Library Service Award. I am a contributing Book Reviewer for Library Journal, Mystery Readers Journal, and ReadertoReader.com. Author of the "Mystery Fiction" chapter in Genreflecting: A Guide to Popular Reading Interests (7th ed.) Winner of the 2009 and 2010 Spinetingler Awards for Best Reviewer.

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It's an honor to be asked to review books, and I'm grateful to all the publishers, publicists, and authors who send me books. Thank you. Reviews will appear on my blog if I've had a chance to read, and finish, the book. If I do not finish a book, I won't review it, and I will not respond to emails asking when, or if, I'll be reviewing a book.

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My Oct. 19, 2009 blog provides full disclosure that I only receive review copies of books, with no other compensation. All review copies are marked as such. If there any any questions, please feel free to contact me.